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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-07

WANIED-MISCELLA
N7ANTED-HIGHESTP PRICES PAID FOR FUR
w niture Carpets etc, at No. 139 West Washing
ton street. =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-07
The Young Napoleon's Liabilities.

New York Special.
1t is as yet impossible to tell how seriously
Ives & Co. have injured the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton & Dayton company by the issue of new Sc
curities. Ives seems TO have had carte blanche
to grind ont securities, and they all got into
some sort of pool from which they seem to
have been taken and used according to the
emergencies of Ives e. Co. How much of this
business will stand the light it is impossible to
predict. In the case of the issue of Gin
cinnati. Hamilton g. Dayton preferred
stock Mr.. Robert Garrett has $780,
600 par value of it, for which the
company has never received dollar of consid-
GRAFTON. It is estimated by those cognizant of
what has been going on that the debts of Ives d
Co., or the Ives syndicate, or whatever the COM
oination may be. to the several roads he has
tried to control is between Sc 600 900 and ST. 000.
600. In the case of Cincinnati, Hamilton g.
DAYTON alone IL is already known that about
So, 500, 900 of securities have been used without
consideration to the company, and some money
from the treasury besides. The obligations Of
the firm for borrowed money are about So. O00,-
900. The greater, part of these held In New
York, the largest being that of $4,000, 900 to
William F. Morgan & Co.
Altogether the liabilities of the new young
Napoleon of finance about S12, 100000. No
one will dispute that this is doing pretty we'll
fore young man who was a stock brokers' clerk
not more than half a dozen years ago.
Here is the way some of the big losses of the
firm have been made: They paid, according
careful estimates about 81, 500. 600 more for the
control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
road than they have parted with it to their
creditors for. In the case of the Terre Haute
& Indianapolis road. Ives paid about $500. GOO
more than he has lost it for. while the losses
branch lines and similar investments
reckoned at fully another $500. 900. The
100000 cash and sl.sOO,OOO of
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton pre-
ferred stock given to Bob Garrett for his option
on the Baltimore q Ohio property was another
clean item of loss. Besides this bank in To-
ledo was bought for at least 100000 more than
1t was worth will bring. and about $500, 900
spent in omissions for loans 1880 900, for in
stance, to William +. Morgan 81 Co. frst-class
lawyers fees. a steam-yacht. and similar
stiles to railroad magnate. At the office of
Ives d Co. to-day one had anything to say
about the affairs of the concern. On the Stock
Exchange some one offered Cincinnati. Hamilton
e. Dayton common down to 49, and the best bid
was 40. Recently the board member of Ives &
Co. has been bidding 125 for the stock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-07
Custom of the Country.

Philadelphia Girl-Why do you say 'done"
for '.dld?n
Indianapolis Girl-Probabiy for the same
reason you say ''did' for done"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-07

nor SALE OR TRADE-FINE BROOM BRICK
IL house. bathroom, fine mantels large grounds.
cheap at Sc. 900. Take farm close to city good
stock of hardware groceries. +. o. WADSWORTH,
80 Circle street
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
SHREWD DRUMMERS.
They Form a Syndicate and Corner" the
Texas Trade at Dallas.

:
Texas Trade at Dallas.
have been a travelling man almost
since the system of selling by sample
on the road began. l have seen its
steady advance toward perfection, I'M
til it seemed there was nothing left for
improvement; but an experience ut
Dallas, Tex, has shown that even vet
the possibilities of the oman on the
road" are unknown. A number of
statesmen in the holiday goods line
conceived the idea of forming a syn
dictate and "cornering" the Texas
trade at Dallas. With this object in
view, they chartered all the largest
sample-rooms of the Windsor Hotel,
and mailed a printed invitation to
dealers, signed by the statesmen and
firms represented, inviting them to
come ut their expense and place their
orders. The combination consisted of
eight statesmen, representing three
New York toy houses, two pearl and
fancy goods, one each Philadelphia
and St. Louis, and a Boston, New Y ork
and Chicago holiday books line. In
order to entertain the buyers, separ-
ttSC lStOiC ACoCLNSN,
at 1:30 p. M. dinner was announced,
and it was imperative that each sales
man and his guest should be on hand;
no business excuses were allowed.
The dinner usually occupied an hour,
and good cheers, wine and anecdote
were the programme. The rest of the
day was given to sales. On the door
of each sample-rOom was a printed
list of the firms represented, and the
number of each salesman's sample
room. While each man did his best to
make sales, there was no underhand
cutting. A buyer had the privilege of
going through all the lines and placing
a part or the whole of his order as
prices and goods suited. Rivalry to
certain degree was laid aside, each
buyer was introduced to all the men,
and even rivals had the privilege of
visiting each others sampie-rooms,
and smoked and jcsted together with
the utmost freedom. 1t was depart
ure from the beaten path of men on
the road, and success beyond every
.expectation-W d Nc C!dnGhdn, in
Globe Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Very useful a good grfndGtone.

-yery useful "a good grindEtone.
-HeaviIy-loaded naTrow-tired wag-
ons are a prolific source Of bad roads.
Paint on windows can, 1T is SAID
be removed by melting some soda III
very hot water aad washing them Win
it, using soft 1aRne. !
Keeping close watch over Inc
plow-point, and having it sharp, or re-
placing it frequently with new oze.
viii often save ten times the cost Of
the pillow in labor.
Let the farm be credited in full and
IT will appear that nothing is to be
gained by joining the army OF appll-
cants for work in the crowded city
Elmird HuSbdndnlan.
Beef Tripe.-Clean the tripe care
fully and soak in salt water, changing
several times; cut in slices; boil per-
fectly done; dip in butter; fry light
brown; season with salt and pepper
Boston Budget.
Alfalfa is grown in California and
Texas as cattle feed, and three or four
crops are harvested per year 1t has
always been supposed that alfalfa
and Texas, butt has been successfully
grown in Illinois at least.
IA good way" says a writer in
the Country Gentleman, ''to raise OF
lower the temperature in a churn is to
have a long tin cylinder. say eighteen
inches long by four inches in diameter;
filling this with either hot or cold
water, and putting in the churn and
moving around for a little while will
soon make the needed change"
For tea, in place of sauce, prepare
some pears in this way: Wipe, but do
not peel them; then steam them until
they are tender, take them from the
steamer; put them in pudding dish,
add enough water to almost but not
quite cover them, and a cupful of sugar
to a quart of pears. Set them in the
oven for from fifteen to twenty min
utes. Ounces are also nice, served in
this way, only they should be peeled
and cut in halves.-IndtGndpo Her
aId
Peach Meringue.-Peel six ripe
peaches, cut them in halves and re-
move the stones. Beat half a pint of
rich cream until it is three times its
original quantity; keep it on ice until
wanted. Dredge the peaches with
sugar. Beat the whites of four eggs to
a stiff froth, and add four ounces of
sugar (powdered.) Cover board with
white paper, drop the beaten egg on it
by tablespoonfuls, place them on the
stove for half an hour. then brown
slightly in oven. Remove soft part
when cold and place one-half a peach
in the cavity. Cover with whipped
cream.-G0od Cheer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
The Poetic Either.

The either, that pretty little fiat harp
which is now taught in our cities, and
which so many young ladies are learn
ing, originated in the Alpine countries,
and was, toward the middle of our
century. used by travelling Tyrolese
singers as an accompaniment to their
songs and yodels. Even to-day, when
one sees the graceful young girl seated
at the table practicing her either, and
hears those wild chords. an Alpine
scene raises before the eyes and trans
fers the modern aesthetic interior, in
charming dreamlike transformation, to
rushing streams. pine forests, blue
peaks and snowy mountains. that seem
cry of the Tyrol and Switzerland
which is of all things most lovely
-NI.SicGl Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
AWKWARD BRloEGRooMs.
A Few Funny Stories Related by Noted
English Clergymen.

A clergyman, the Vicar Pittsmore,
has been speaking on the modes Of
marriage in and near Sheffield. He
states that people are there married in
patches, that the bridegrooms almost
invariably get the ring too small and
have at times to lick the lady's delicate
little finger to induce the stubborn ring
to move on. 1t seems to be no uncom-
mon thing to find that the ring is the
difficulty. through its presence or ab-
sence. Then again." says the vicar,
..when they come to that important
part of the marriage service where the
minister asks the man if he will have
this woman to be his welded wife, the
man will not unfrequently turn to the
woman and say, Wilt tina black my
boots?' and the woman will invariably
say. Il will;' and the man then rejoins,
Now tina st said it, and he holds her
to her word. Such are Yorkshire man
ners." a reverend canon of the church
relates that on one occasion it fell to
his lot marry his footman to his cook.
The footman would persist throughout
the service in putting his finger TO his
forehead every time his master adj
dressed him, in accordance with Gus
tom. The reverend gentleman remon-
strated in an undertone. Don't touch
your forehead. John, but say the wordi
after me-" Then aloud: will thou
take this womau?'' etc. John, bearing
in mind the wears hint, replied, ''Af
ter you, SIR" and the assembled friends
burst into laughter.-Aanc.heSte CossT-
ser.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
a Durable Trough.

Dig a pit a trife lower than the
trough desired. fill it with cobblestones
and grout it with cement This makes
a firm bottom. The sides are made by
fixing on this box as large as desired
for the inside of the trough, with a crib
around ii, leaving space about foot
inside, between which is filled with
stones and grouted with cement the
same as the bottom. As soon as it is
set the box is removed. water is let in
and the whole hardens, and is a water
tight cistern. A bit of gas-pipe laid in
the bottom from the lowest corner fur
nishes waste pipe, where the trough
can be emptied and cleaned, and a sim
lar pipe for overflow at the top is all
that is needed, except a plank rim
around the top to prevent crumbling
the edges. A cistern like this, to hold
six barrels, took three barrels Of
cement to make it. The barn cellar or
other protected spot is the place for it.
Farm Gald Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.

The FOrtitude and Cheerfulness Displayed
by MI. Bowser Under Trying Circum-
stances.
Five days ago Mr.. Bowser was
drought home with sprained ankle.
He got it by n mis-step off the side
walk. had the doctor come up to look
at the limb to see that no bones were
broken, and he went away assuring Mr..
BOwser that he would be able to walk
out in four or five days. He had scarce
dy gone when the patient asked me in
a pitiful voice if thought he was going
10 die.
''Going to die, Mr.. Bowser! Why,
what nonsense! What put that idea in
your headP"
81 have a presentiment. II think
I ought to draw up my will"
Its all folly. You've got nothing
but simple sprain."
Simple! l tell you this is terrible
thing, and if live two days it will be
a great wonder to me. The Bowser
men die hard, but they have to die as
well as other folks. Do look like Il
imam struck with death?"
mot bit of it. 1 never saw you
look more healthy"
''Mrs. Bowser, don't you deceive me!
Deceiving dying husband is an awful
crime. Has the door bell been muffied
and the girl told that no callers are adj
Snitted?"
Certainly not"
land aren't you going to send the
baby over to mothers until YOU see
whether / die or get weil?''
Mot bit of it. Don't be BOBBY,
Mr. Bowser. When 1 broke two ribs
last fall you simply remarked that l
ought to know better than to fall
against board"
..Ah! 1 see how it is" he walled:
~syou want me out of the way so YOU
can marry again and get u dude for a
husband. Well, am helpless. Please
do not cut my throat or poison me, but
let me die of this hurtr'
tucked him up and patted his head
and he cried. He wanted me to hold
his hand and sat and held it until he
fell asleep. Then l went upstairs to
do little work: and hadn't been gone
over fifteen minutes when / heard him
shouting at the top of his voice. 1 ran
down and he Numbered at me:
sis this your love for your crippled
and dying husband?"
81 had some work to do"
~sWork! can you think of work while
I lay here suffering untold agonies?
What is making up darn old spare
bed compared to the life of your hus-
bandp Are you in hurry to see Grape
on the doorP''
..Come, NJ. Bowser. don't be un-
p<easonable. will do every thing for
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
DENTAL DISEASES.
An English View on n Theory Advanced by
an American Authority.

| An English View on n Theory Advanced b,
! an American Authority.
An article recently published in NJ
evening contemporary very properly
criticises the theory started in an Amer.
lean dental journal that vegetarian diet
would, if universally adopted, produce
an edentulous condition of the Jaws in
the course of few generations. utterly
regardless of the fact that vegetarian
races have magnificent teeth. The
pathology of this condition is stated to
be disuse and consequent atrophy of
muscles and jaws, then degeneration,
and ultimately suppression of the teeth
entirely. That comparatively little
employment of teeth has something to
do with their degeneration in civilized
nations admits of no doubt; but how
many thousand years must it take to
make man edentulOus when there are
so few evidences of tendency in that
direction. The wisdom teeth are said
to be disappearing because they are so
often ill-developed, and frequently
never erupted, and the same remark
may sometimes be applied to the upper
lateral incisors; but many Egypt
ian mummies and Etruscan skulls
two thousand years ago exhibit the
same conditions, yet there is no race of
man edentuious. '.Are the teeth of
the present century worse than those
OF the last?' is question by no means
easily answered, for we have only gen
eral observations, and no statistics to
go by. Dental surgery is a modern
art, and too much separated from its
parents-medicine and surgery-to sat
isfactorily decide the question. More
over, dentists only see those people
who have defective teeth. Again, much
more Importance is attached to teeth
than in former days, and they conse-
quently receive more attention. 1t has
often been pointed out that the vast
improvements in medical and surgical
treatment serve to keep alive number
of weaklings who would otherwise have
died, and these often have progenity
OF similar frailty, whose teeth we may
legitimately conclude partake of the
general infirmity. On the other hand,
dental disease, if early treated, as is
now done, may be to a great extent
stamped out. OF course, the teeth of
civilized nations are worse than those
of savages, although those of the latter
are by no means free from disease
Lancet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
HINTS WORTH NEEDING.
How to Save Considerable Trouble Wit
Young Farm Stock.

How to Save Considerable Trouble With
Young Farm Stock.
Young animals should all have a turn
in the winter of being held and tied.
This tutoring accustoms them to app
proach without fright and to be caught
readily. They should be broken to the
halter. We had more trouble from
neglecting one calf than it would have
taken to train several. This calf was
born unexpectedly one day in the
woods, where its mother hid it, and as
is natural at such times, the calf was
like a wild animal, timid and more
nervous than if it had not been cared
for by its mother according to her in
stincts. This little thing was taught to
drink and kept with the other calves,
and got along very well till it was
turned out to grass in spring, when it
seemed to go back to wild state, and
would run and tear around at the APP
proach of any person. All the other
calves handled in winter were gentle
and easily approached; this one had.
been neglected.
1t was caught at last and tied in the
door yard, where it hooked and struck.
OuI Will al AIo anu
rushed around rs if mad; some people
thought it was. An old farmer said
calves born and then hid by their
mothers were always wild; never could
do any thing with them. He seemed 4.
to be right so far as this calf was con-
cerned, Notwithstanding all attempts
made to tame it. At last came the
idea of making it gentle by putting it
with two young bulls which were
models of docility. and letting it learn
by example, and this plan had the de-
sired result. 1t is an excellent plan to
catch and hold little colt and lift it .
from the ground. A few such lessons
will cause it to yield when caught or
confined after it gets larger. A bit of
trouble of this kind will also make u
lamb gentle. and this is especially de-
sirable with buck, which should be
broken to lead and to be tied, and the
time to do it is when young and suck
ling.-F Dant0rth Curtis, in NJ y
Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
Artesian Wells.

The name artesian, as applied to
wells, came from one sunk in Artois,
France, and said to be the first of the
kind sunk with full knowledge of the
principles involved. Artesian wells are
possibly only in certain localities.
Where there are pervious strata lying
between impervious beds the water
will be imprisoned in percolating
through; lying upon the lowest, and
rising to some point in the highest,
where a pervious stratum brings it to
the surface, it escapes i'll the form of
springs. or if shaft be sunk to the
lowest point the water of the whole
basin will press upwards for escape,
and will rise to a level, corresponding
TO the greatest height to which the i'm
prisoned strata reach. As soon as
geology took possession as a science. a
geological survey of a locality readily
discovered whether supply of water
was Obtainable in this way.-PAtlGdef-
IkiG Cal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
NOTED HYMN WRITER'S.
Hastory OF Some or the Famous Religious
Songs OF the Last Century.

History OF Some or the Famous Religious
Songs OF the Last Century.
mr. IL L. Gladding spoke at the
Tabernacle Baptist Church Mission, in
New York. on IAN Evening with
hymn Writers of the Eighteenth Cen
fury. The speaker claimed the last
century as pre-eminently glorious in
the wealth of imperishable hymns
which it had given to the Christian
world. After briefly abiding to Watts,
Doddridge, Wesley. Montgomery and
Others. he dwelt at some length on the
character and work of Cowper. Newton,
Ioplady. Perronet and Fawcett In
speaking of Cowper, reference was
made to the fact that one of his last and
hest hymns, ''God Moves in Mysteri-
Gus Way" was written under very pc
cullar circumstances. 1t was just be-
fore his last attack of insanity. The
shadow of the coming eclipse had al
ready touched his mind. Cowper had
resolved to go to peculiar part of the
Ouse river and drown himself. The
driver of the carriage missed his way,
and by this providential interference,
the poets life was saved, and this hymn
was the result of his subsequent refec-
ton.
Rev. John Newton, after leading a
absolute life, was converted during
terrible storm at sea, and out of his re-
ligious experience came the sailors
hymn beginning:
81 hear the tempests awful sound,
feel the vessels quick rebound,
And fear might now my bosom fill.
But jesus whispers: Peace, be still"
Augustus M. Toplady. author of the
-''Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me-" was
brought to the knowledge of the truth
through a sermon preached by an illit-
crate laymah at an obscure place in
Ireland.
Edward Perronet, the writer of the
most triumphant hymn in the Ian
guage. "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name" was at first attached to the
Church of England, but subsequently
left the communion and joined the
Diethodists. He was long a bosom
friend of Charles Wesley.
John Fawcett, a Baptist clergyman,
wrote the hymn, frequently called the
Young Mems Christian Association
shymn, ''Blest Be the Tie that Binds"
After preaching seven years at Wains-
gate, England, he was called to
church at London. The society at
Wainsgate was scattered and poor; the
London church large. rich and influen-
tial. The change seemed promising
one, and Fawcett resolved to go. His
household goods were loaded for re-
moval to his new field and his people
came together to bid him farewell.
The scene that followed was a most af-
fecting one. The poor people that for
seven long years Fawcett had instruct
ed and befriended entreated him with |
tears to remain with them. The voice
of love was mighty and it prevailed.
The pastor felt that it was his duty to
stay at Wainsgate. Turning to the |
weeping people before him he said: II
will stay: you may unpack my goods.
and we will live for the Lord lovingly
together" 1t was under the influence
of feelings induced by this incident
that Fawcett wrote this often-sung
Chicago Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
were at first adopted a

buttons were at first adopted rs
ornaments rather than for use. Thus,
In the paintings of the fourteenth and
succeeding centuries they are frequent
~ seen OIL the dresses Of both sexes,
but without button-holes, ana so placed
as to preclude all idea of usefulness.
They were generally made of gold OF
Chicago Netcs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13

An actual incident in one of the
Philadelphia cemeteries: Mother (read-
ing epitaph) AT last wanderer has
found rest Little girl IVY ny,
mamma, he must have been t;fampF'
Golden Days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13

Papa, does stand for szic?' -
''Why. there isn't such a word as .zic.
my son." ''Oh. yes. there is; don't
you remember? When you say. PIE
zic scuse mel "--Epoch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13

-'.And how do you like your new
place. Mary?' Not ct all, mann.
The mistress do not use SIGH beautiful
perfume as yees did"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13

-Caller-"Were you about to 90
out, Mrs Perkins?'' Mrs. Perkins
'Yes, but don't let that hurry you
away" Caller-"O, it isn't of the
slightest consequence. I'll leave my
card. ''--Tid-Bits.